AMD Radeon HD 6790 Review - PAGE 6

3DMark Vantage is the stunning sequel to 3DMark 06. Futuremark's benchmarking programs have always been at the center of every bragging match. The best way to show that you've got the greatest gaming rig, is to show that you've got the highest 3DMark score. Vantage does just that. It puts your system through a series of strenuous tests, and provides you with a score to brag about!

In our first benchmark the HD 6790 had performance similar to that GTX 550 Ti at the stock level, but it fell slightly behind at the lowest and highest presets. The performance results after we overclocked the core were very impressive, as the HD 6790 positioned itself between the HD 6850 and HD 6870.

~850mhz, 800sp's, 40 tmu's, 16 rops, 256-bit bus, ~1.35 Tflops.... sounds familiar to me. Other than the featureset of the 68xx cards, including dx 11, it's just about the same as the 4890, with an increased memory clock and lowered power consumption. The naming scheme seems to have less to do with what chip it's using, not to mention naming this the 6830 would be very misleading as it's just about as powerful as a 5830.